In the latest NAPLAN results Tasmanian students have gone backwards in 9 literacy and numeracy measures. This testing was done in May before the Government took a sledge hammer to the Education budget. How can the Minister expect results to improve when schools now have even less resources?
Speech on skills training policy in Tasmania
Mr FERGUSON (Bass) – I thank the Parliamentary Secretary for raising the motion and it is my pleasure to give the Opposition’s response to it. Unlike other motions which very often come before the Parliament during private members’ time, this one I have no difficulty supporting in general terms but I want to make some [...]
Children in state care are not failing: they are being failed
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows Tasmanian children in state care are falling way behind at school, and the Labor-Green Government is doing absolutely nothing about it. The Educational Outcomes of Children on Guardianship or Custody Orders report from the AIHW shows that only 32 per cent of Tasmanian [...]
Any excuse will do for Thorp
The Education Minister Lin Thorp has again shown that she will say anything to avoid taking responsibility for the huge problems within her portfolios. The latest OECD Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results show Tasmanian 15 year olds are falling way behind other students and yet Ms Thorp is trying to pretend that the [...]
Tasmania continues to fall behind on Literacy and Numeracy results
I am sorry to report that figures released in the latest NAPLAN report show our results have fallen behind the Australian figure for the number of students achieving at or above the national minimum standard on seven of the 20 measures – a figure Ms Thorp conveniently ignored when she announced the summary data.
